Ballet Midwest

Ballet Midwest, Inc. is our resident, civic ballet company. Ballet Midwest is a non-profit company independent of Barbara's Conservatory of Dance. The common denominator is that Lacee Sandgren is artistic director of both, however Ballet Midwest is run by an independent Board of Directors. The company holds auditions each January for new company dancers ages 14 years and older. The junior company holds auditions in February and accepts intermediate dancers ages 10 years and older. Besides on-stage performances, dancers are asked to perform in lecture-demonstrations for schools and civic groups.